Universidad Marcelino Champagnat

People desire friends who have qualities such as similarity, the ability to provide support, opportunities for socialisation, assistance in achieving self-serving goals and access to potential mates. In the current study, we aimed to examine the degree of overlap between the friends people consider ideal and those they actually have. Using a sample of 6224 participants from 12 countries, we found that, across five dimensions of friendship, ideal and actual friendships considerably overlapped and ideal preferences were significant and strong predictors of actual friendships. Still, the overlap between ideal and actual friendships was not complete; rather, a small deficit emerged, with participants getting less of what they wanted. These results were consistent across the 12 countries in our sample. We also found significant effects of the Dark Triad personality traits on several dimensions of friendship.

Liposuction is widely performed for body contouring, but concerns regarding residual sagging and contour irregularities remain as limitations of this technique. Heat-emitting technologies aim to stimulate skin contraction, and radiofrequency (RF) energy is considered effective. However, patient satisfaction is essential to confirm its clinical benefit. This retrospective observational study analyzed the outcomes of 113 patients who underwent either conventional liposuction (n = 73) or liposuction followed by helium plasma RF (n = 40) performed by a single surgeon. Objective outcomes, complications, and the BODY-Q questionnaire were used to assess the procedural data and patient satisfaction. In the long-term subgroup, patients treated with helium plasma RF reported significantly higher BODY-Q scores for appraisal of excess skin across all comparisons: full long-term cohort (87.8 versus 73.8), subgroup without abdominoplasty (92.8 versus 64), and subgroup excluding lipoabdominoplasty-only cases (87.8 versus 73.4). Among patients who did not undergo abdominoplasty, satisfaction with the abdominal appearance was also significantly higher (68.8 versus 45). Although satisfaction scores for other regions favored the helium plasma RF group, these differences were not statistically significant. The helium plasma RF group had a lower abdominoplasty rate (30% versus 67.1%), higher aspirated volumes (3357.1 versus 2637.2 mL), and a significantly lower revision rate (12% versus 37.5%). The complication rates were similar between the groups (2.5% versus 2.7%). Liposuction followed by helium plasma RF was associated with favorable patient-reported satisfaction regarding abdominal contour and excess skin, lower revision and abdominoplasty rates, and higher aspirated volumes, with a safety profile comparable to that of conventional liposuction.

Neodiplostomum vaucheri Dubois, 1983 is a digenean trematode originally described from the intestine of the woolly false vampire bat, Chrotopterus auritus (Peters, 1856), in the northwestern Peruvian Amazon. Decades later, it was also reported from the fringe-lipped bat, Trachops cirrhosis (Spix, 1823), in Ecuador. During a helminthological survey of phyllostomid bats at the Kawsay Biological Station in Madre de Dios, southeastern Peruvian Amazonia, specimens of Neodiplostomum Railliet, 1919 were recovered from the intestine of T. cirrhosus. Morphological comparisons with the holotype confirmed these specimens as conspecific with N. vaucheri. Phylogenetic inference supported the morphological identification, recovering the Peruvian isolate with an N. vaucheri isolate from another South American region within the same clade, with strong support (ML = 90; BI = 0.9587). The observed genetic divergence (4.47% under the Kimura two-parameter model and 4.27% based on uncorrected p-distances) in the partial cox1 sequence may indicate cryptic diversity, as previously noted in congeners. This represents the first integrative characterization of a digenean from a bat host in Peru, contributing to our understanding of parasite diversity in neotropical chiropterans. Furthermore, the use of third-generation sequencing technology (Oxford Nanopore) proved effective for generating reliable partial gene sequences, underscoring its applicability in molecular helminthology.

De acuerdo con información oficial, en el Perú, solo el 11 % de las personas mayores de 15 años con discapacidad están siguiendo educación superior, situación que es preocupante. El objetivo del estudio fue analizar artículos científicos que describen experiencias inclusivas en Universidades para estudiantes con discapacidad (ECD) que permitan identificar acciones implementadas y lecciones aprendidas. La metodología aplicada fue la metasíntesis, que recayó sobre 11 artículos de revista seleccionados de las bases de datos Scopus y Scielo. Los resultados fueron organizados a partir de las barreras para el aprendizaje que se desprenden del modelo social de la discapacidad, destacando la insuficiencia de los ajustes en infraestructura, el interés por implementar el Diseño Universal para el Aprendizaje (DUA) y los ajustes razonables, la necesidad de generar normativa ad-hoc que respalde la inclusión y la importancia de promover una actitud favorable hacia la inclusión, como principal facilitador del proceso de aprendizaje. Como conclusión, se destacaron las coincidencias entre los resultados y los antecedentes, planteándose interrogantes que pueden dar lugar a nuevas investigaciones.

Al presentar el número 24 de la Revista EDUCA UMCH, deseo expresar que este logro no hubiera sido posible sin el apoyo incondicional del equipo editorial y la preferencia de académicos de diversas partes del mundo. A través del trabajo colaborativo y perseverante, hemos demostrado que, tal como decía el filósofo español Miguel de Unamuno, "El modo de dar una vez en el clavo es dar cien veces en la herradura".

Acute neurological emergencies are highly prevalent in intensive care units (ICUs) and impose a substantial burden on patients. This study aims to describe the epidemiology of patients requiring neurocritical care in Brazil, and their differences based on primary acute neurological diagnoses and to identify predictors of mortality and unfavourable outcomes, along with the disease burden of each condition at intensive care unit admission. This prospective cohort study included patients requiring neurocritical care admitted to 36 ICUs in four Brazilian regions who were followed for 30 days or until ICU discharge (Aug-Sep in 2018, 1 month). Of 4245 patients admitted to the participating ICUs, 1194 (28.1%) were patients with acute neurological disorders requiring neurocritical care and were included. Patients requiring neurocritical care had a mean mortality rate 1.7 times higher than ICU patients not requiring neurocritical care (17.21% versus 10.1%, respectively). Older age, emergency admission, higher number of potential secondary injuries, and worse APACHE II, SAPS III, SOFA, and Glasgow coma scale scores on ICU admission are independent predictors of mortality and poor outcome among patients with acute neurological diagnoses. The estimated total DALYs were 4482.94 in the overall cohort, and the diagnosis with the highest DALYs was traumatic brain injury (1634.42). Clinical, epidemiological, treatment, and ICU outcome characteristics vary according to the primary neurologic diagnosis. Advanced age, a lower GCS score and a higher number of potential secondary injuries are independent predictors of mortality and unfavourable outcomes in patients requiring neurocritical care. The findings of this study are essential to guide education policies, prevention, and treatment of severe acute neurocritical diseases.

Resumo A gastrite isquêmica é uma doença rara, podendo ocorrer por insuficiência vascular focal ou sistêmica. Essa condição é raramente vista na prática médica devido à vasta rede colateral arterial do estômago pelo tronco celíaco e mesentérica superior. A apresentação clássica da isquemia crônica é formada pela tríade de dor pós-prandial, perda de peso e sopro abdominal. A intervenção está indicada naqueles pacientes sintomáticos, sendo o tratamento endovascular uma alternativa à cirurgia em pacientes com alta comorbidade, tendo bons resultados. Reportamos um caso de gastrite isquêmica grave com úlceras e sangramento que foi causado por isquemia mesentérica crônica, em uma paciente de 71 anos, com oclusão do tronco celíaco e mesentérica inferior, além de estenose crítica da superior. O diagnóstico foi confirmado por exame de imagem, e a paciente foi submetida a tratamento endovascular. Trata-se de uma condição rara de diagnóstico e tratamento desafiadores, a qual requer uma equipe multidisciplinar para o manejo adequado.

El objetivo del artículo es analizar la presencia y productividad de los sufijos apreciativos del quechua sureño: diminutivos, aumentativos y despectivo. En principio, encontramos tres sufijos aumentativos: –sapa –karay y –chikan y un nombre –siki, en función de sufijo que puede hacer de despectivo. Para los diminutivos, tenemos dos: –cha y –lla y la combinación: aumentativo –sapa más diminutivo. En conclusión, en la variante sur Cusco-Collao del quechua, no existe un sufijo exclusivo para el despectivo, sino algunos aumentativos y diminutivos que hacen de despectivos en el contexto. En cuanto a la productividad, los sufijos prototípicos aumentativos (–sapa) y diminutivos (–cha y -lla) tienen alta productividad y otros solo se limitan a algunos casos como los aumentativos –karay y –chikan.

Los contextos históricos sociales tienen por sí rostros genuinos e irrepetibles y, por eso, cada generación, cada ser humano ubicado en su época y situación ha enfrentado sus propios problemas y sueños. El contexto de pandemia, desde una mirada optimista, además de sus días negros, nos ha traído luces; detrás de sus gigantescas dificultades, aparentemente insalvables, también nos ha regalado perspectivas; ha reconfigurado nuestra forma de ver la vida y nuestros planes y también ha fortalecido nuestra fe en ese amor reconfortante y salvador que nuestra comunidad universitaria expresa en su lema institucional Super petram aedificabo, es decir, mientras se construya la casa sobre la roca de un Dios vivo y amoroso, toda aspiración humana positiva será sólida ante cualquier día negro y turbulento. Nuestra Revista EDUCA UMCH, adherida a la iniciativa de Budapest para el acceso abierto, publicado en el 2002, asume el acceso abierto, sin restricciones a su contenido bajo el principio de que el trabajo colaborativo contribuye al intercambio global y producción del conocimiento al servicio del desarrollo de todos.

Parental burnout is a unique and context-specific syndrome resulting from a chronic imbalance of risks over resources in the parenting domain. The current research aims to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA) across Spanish-speaking countries with two consecutive studies. In Study 1, we analyzed the data through a bifactor model within an Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling (ESEM) on the pooled sample of participants (N = 1,979) obtaining good fit indices. We then attained measurement invariance across both gender and countries in a set of nested models with gradually increasing parameter constraints. Latent means comparisons across countries showed that among the participants’ countries, Chile had the highest parental burnout score, likewise, comparisons across gender evidenced that mothers displayed higher scores than fathers, as shown in previous studies. Reliability coefficients were high. In Study 2 (N = 1,171), we tested the relations between parental burnout and three specific consequences, i.e., escape and suicidal ideations, parental neglect, and parental violence toward one’s children. The medium to large associations found provided support for the PBA’s predictive validity. Overall, we concluded that the Spanish version of the PBA has good psychometric properties. The results support its relevance for the assessment of parental burnout among Spanish-speaking parents, offering new opportunities for cross-cultural research in the parenting domain.